The Utica Hurald is about to aid the spalling reformera by dropping the silent lettfra. Ths following are a few specimens : — "Litl, articl, wer, ar, ther, alfabet, telegraf, hay, wil, peopl, altho, hicccf, fa's." The firat part of Prof. Haeckel's Popular Lectures on the Theory of Evolution, was announced tor publication in September last. The Mammoth ship Great Eastern, is being fitted out at Milford Haven with refrigerators for the purpose of carrying fresh beef arid mutton from Texas to England. Mr Yung-Wing, the Chinese Commissioner of education in the United Stites has translated Dr Theophilus Parsons' " Law ol Contracts " into Chinese. It ia now becoming known that the best brands of kerosene oil depreciate in fjuality by age. There are immense quantities of the most favourite brands in store at San Francisco, which, from their age, are almoßtunsalei able.

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